Photos: Kids join first lady at annual spring planting at the White House

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First lady Michelle Obama plants vegetables on March 26 with a few members of Girl Scouts Troop 60325 of Fairport, N.Y., during the fourth annual kitchen garden spring planting at the White House in Washington, D.C.

In addition to the Girl Scout participants, school children from New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and the capital joined in the planting after writing to Obama about their personal experiences with gardening in their communities.

The first lady speaks to children about healthy eating during the kitchen garden spring planting.

The kitchen garden — the first vegetable garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden — is a key part of the first lady's ongoing "Let's Move!" initiative, which encourages active, nutritious lifestyles for children.